Highfields

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,819 people in Highfields of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Highfields was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Highfields aged 15 years and over, 66.0% were married and 8.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Highfields was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Highfields, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Highfields was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Highfields 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.9% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Highfields were Australian 33.3%, English 29.2%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.4% and German 8.0%.

In Highfields, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.5%, Zimbabwe 0.9%, South Africa 0.7% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Highfields, 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Highfields were Catholic 25.0%, Anglican 22.6%, No Religion 15.0%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Christian, nfd 5.7%.

In Highfields 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.3%, German 0.2%, Italian 0.1%, Dutch 0.1% and Greek 0.1%.

Employment

There were 8,501 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Highfields. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Highfields, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Highfields was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Highfields included Professionals 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Labourers 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Highfields, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Hospitals 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Defence 3.4% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Highfields was $637.

In Highfields, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 2.3%, Truck 1.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Highfields, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.7% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Highfields, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Highfields, 51.0% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Highfields 16.6% of single parents were male and 83.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Highfields, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,225 and those without children was $1,967.

Employment status of couple families

In Highfields, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Highfields, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Highfields, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Highfields, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 29.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Highfields, 34.7% were owned outright, 49.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Highfields, of all households, 86.8% were family households, 11.6% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Highfields, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Highfields, 22.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Highfields, there were 373 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 181 (or 48.5%) were male and 192 (or 51.5%) were female. The median age was 15 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Highfields, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,740.

In Highfields, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.